Nacido en Gando, Burkina Faso y radicado en Berlín, Alemania, el arquitecto conocido como Francis Kéré empodera y transforma comunidades a través del proceso de la arquitectura. A través de su compromiso con la justicia social y el compromiso, y el uso inteligente de materiales locales para conectarse y responder al clima natural, trabaja en países marginados cargados de limitaciones y adversidades, donde la arquitectura y la infraestructura están ausentes. Construyendo instituciones escolares contemporáneas, instalaciones de salud, viviendas profesionales, edificios cívicos y espacios públicos, muchas veces en tierras donde los recursos son frágiles y el compañerismo es vital, la expresión de sus obras supera el valor de un edificio en sí mismo.

“I am hoping to change the paradigm, push people to dream and undergo risk. It is not because you are rich that you should waste material. It is not because you are poor that you should not try to create quality,” says Kéré. “Everyone deserves quality, everyone deserves luxury, and everyone deserves comfort. We are interlinked and concerns in climate, democracy and scarcity are concerns for us all.”

Born in Gando, Burkina Faso and based in Berlin, Germany, the architect known as Francis Kéré empowers and transforms communities through the process of architecture. Through his commitment to social justice and engagement, and intelligent use of local materials to connect and respond to the natural climate, he works in marginalized countries laden with constraints and adversity, where architecture and infrastructure are absent. Building contemporary school institutions, health facilities, professional housing, civic buildings and public spaces, oftentimes in lands where resources are fragile and fellowship is vital, the expression of his works exceeds the value of a building itself.